1. Glasgow 2010 Taipei 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2006 Paris 2004 Blacksburg 2012 Thank you to Prof. Chris Ober for his leadership!

2. The Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Tech Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute Blacksburg, Home of Virginia Tech Washington, D.C.

3. Maintaining the Tradition of US Location of the World Polymer Congress at Leading Universities The University of Massachusetts Amherst (1982) The University of Akron (1994)

4. Rationale for a World Polymer Congress at a Leading US University in Polymers Opportunities to attend an IUPAC meeting at a reasonable cost Opportunities to integrate students into all aspects of the organization and program Scientific vision of the Americas including input from Mexico, Canada, South America, and the United States Integrated educational and research programs Web-based outreach

5. MACRO 2012 Overview Dates: June 24 – 29, 2012 Location: Virginia Tech Campus, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA Expected Attendance: +/- 1500 Theme: Enabling Technologies for a Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy World

6. MACRO 2012 Short Course: Polymer Principles and Practice  35 year history of success with Polymer Principles and Practice (over 5000 students)  Short course to precede the Congress  (5) Instructors from Virginia Tech  Both on-line and campus registration fees directed to Congress participant registration expenses

7. IUPAC MACRO Industrial Fund Raising GOLD Level - $20K Free exhibit booth Recognition in the program booklet and on web Free registration for two Fee short course for two Free web short course for three Seat at head table and recognition at banquet SILVER Level – $10K Free exhibit booth Recognition in the program booklet and on web Free registration for one Free short course for one Free web based short course for two BRONZE Level – $2K Recognition in the program booklet and on web Half price registration for one Half price short course for one Free web based short course for one Co-Chairs, Prof. Tim Long, MII and Prof. Richard Turner, MII  International fund raising  Involvement of scientific advisory committee  Government and private sources  VT CPE Coordinated

8. Visit www.MACRO2012.org On behalf of the faculty, staff, and students at Virginia Tech, we welcome you to participate in the 2012 IUPAC World Polymer Congress on our beautiful campus in Southwest Virginia. The Congress will provide an international forum for scientific discovery, professional networking, research collaboration, interdisciplinary education, and dissemination of our most recent scientific advances -Professor Timothy E. Long, Chair Regional Organizational Committee